White Crescent was overjoyed the moment he saw EDG's base explode.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind at that moment:
The reason why YM's results in the mock competition a few days ago was that they had not found a way to adapt to the new version. Several of the team members were competitive players, and the results of the mock competition did not affect their performance in the competition …
However, as a coach, he quickly cleared these thoughts and saw through the essence of things.
The reason for YM's crushing victory was simple.
To put it nicely, EDG made a lot of mistakes. To put it bluntly, EDG was lousy.
From the moment Scout recklessly gave away the first blood, EDG was done for.
Because in this EDG team, as long as the development of their strongest attacker was severely hindered, it was basically impossible for them to win the game.
EDG's original operations strategy that they were proud of relied on the two core attackers' invincible ability to steal damage in the later stages. After all, a team with two strong C's would not be too bad in team battles.
At their peak, they had Fat General and Mr. Dai, the top three-star blue and white C's. In S6, they had their junior and Mr. Dai, and their ability was not bad.
This year, the ADC was changed to Emperor Z, and their output ability fell by a few levels.
Among the remaining EDG players:
Ah Guang's output ability was not strong, and this year's Spring League was famous for setting fire to a mountain.
Factory Director was not good at playing the core attacker jungler, and his favorite was to use herbivorous map control heroes to fight in the field.
This way, the heavy responsibility of the team battle output fell on their junior.
As long as he collapsed, EDG would most likely not win.
EDG's coaching team also knew where the team's problem was — their ADC was too lousy, and their output ability was insufficient.
They had also found the answer to the problem.
However, the answer was now munching on a hamburger.
A thin boy who looked like a flatfish sat in the lounge, munching on a spicy drumstick burger as he looked at the crowd in front of him.
The junior was scolded and lowered his head to nibble on his fingers.
"Don't be seduced by him, you won't be exposed if you don't want to kill him …" Abu said earnestly. "Lin Yan, that old b * stard, is full of disgusting tricks. Even Fat General can't beat him, you must not be fooled."
The flatfish boy couldn't help but laugh at Abu's evaluation of Lin Yan.
Abu's voice was thin and sharp. "In the next round, you'll still link up with Mingkai. Pay attention to the details of the line and the positioning of the team."
"Do you understand?" He patted his junior's shoulder.
The junior nodded hesitantly.
The flatfish boy, whose head was as big as Jack's, ate the hamburger and looked at the big screen in the lounge, which was still playing the match live on mute.
The MVP of the last match was Lin Yan. Flatfish's eyes were filled with longing as he looked at the handsome boy in the new black and red uniform.
The two EDG operators behind him were still discussing Lin Yan.
He had reached the pinnacle of his debut. This was another evaluation he had heard of Lin Ran.
He also wanted to compete. He also wanted to be like Lin Yan and reach the peak of his career, but his age didn't allow it.
He licked the hamburger sauce off his lips.
Soon.
In July, he would be able to go on stage and enjoy the applause and cheers of the fans.
The five-minute break was over in the blink of an eye. The players of both teams returned to their seats on the stage and prepared for the next match.
With the crisp sound of metal, the second match of the opening round began!
EDG chose the blue side, while YM chose the red side. Both teams picked the same players in the first round as in the previous round.
However, with the blue side and red side swapping, EDG was the first to snatch the pig girl.
"Give me Xia Xia! Give me Xia Xia!" Jack was very excited.
In the previous round, when he saw Emperor Z use Xia Xia as well, Jack could no longer control his restless hands.
Even though this master of dog food from Vastaya had only been in the League for a month, Jack had already practiced hundreds of times.
This amount of practice was quite exaggerated for professional players who usually played mock matches. After all, there were still players who hadn't practiced a single round of Xia Xia yet.
Jack believed that he was ahead of the other LPL ADCs in terms of mastery of Xia Xia.
"YM got Princes and Xia Xia," Mille shouted excitedly as he discovered the point. "Are they going to exchange BP to play a teaching game?"
"But in the previous round, Brother Gongzi could use Kenji, who is more effective against Princes. Ah Guang, this …" Doll stopped talking.
The meaning behind his words was very obvious.
He was not optimistic about Mouse, who was positioned in the front row of the team, playing Kenji, who was the ultimate side carry hero that relied on maneuvering.
"Verus + Lulu, EDG has decided to lock down the bottom lane combination first!"
In the first round, White Crescent gave Xiao Tian the Version T1 Jungler Wine Barrel.
In the second round of BP, White Crescent first sent Rock Sparrow to the ban position, while EDG banned Airplane.
"YM gave the last position to Lamia, while EDG banned Galio!"
The Prophet successfully got another soft support, Karma, while EDG got Kelley and Clockwork!
At this point, EDG's lineup was completely revealed.
"What did Brother Ran say?" The Prophet turned to look at Lin Yan. "Are you going to take Victor?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiao Tian's face was flushed with excitement. "I want to see Brother Ran and Victor teach!"
"What do you mean you want to see teach?" Jack saw through Phyllostachys Pubescens's intention. "You just want to see the opposing mid laner break through their defense, right?"
White Crescent, who was standing behind Lin Yan, reached out to pinch Lin Yan's shoulder and asked for his opinion. "Lin Yan, what do you think?"
Lin Yan imitated Yuan Fang and nodded in agreement after thinking for a while. "I think it's okay."
The moment the hero was locked down, the live audience went wild!
"It's Victor's Clockwork again!" Doll's eyes lit up. "But this time, the two sides have swapped heroes!"
[Teaching Bureau, right?
Ran Shrimps want pig hearts?]
[Let's start the game. How many times did Scout die in the last ten minutes?]
[Be conservative. It's not too much for Ran to solo kill once, right?]
[It's not too much at all. I even think that EDG might not be able to beat Top in the summer tournament … If the little junior can't do anything, the others won't be able to do anything either.]
The little junior looked at Victor and tightened his grip on the mouse.
In the last game, he was taught a lesson by Lin Yan.
It was the same last year. He could not even win a single small game against Lin Yan.
This was unacceptable for him, who had been known as a prodigy since his debut and had joined the powerhouse SKT.
Scout gritted his teeth and adjusted his runes. He was ready to challenge Lin Yan again.
The lineups of both sides were as follows.
Blue EDG: top laner Ke Lie, mid laner Clockwork, bottom laner Verus + Lulu.
Red YM: top laner Princes, jungler Wine Barrel, mid laner Victor, bottom laner Lu Xia + Karma.
After a short loading screen, the ten players from both sides appeared in the Summoner's Canyon again!
Lin Yan estimated the strength of both teams and felt that they did not have much of an advantage. He arranged for his teammates to stand in a line to defend the river.
"It seems that neither side has the intention to invade the opponent's jungle." Mille looked at the movements of the ten players on the screen. "But it's worth mentioning that Ran did not bring Purify. Instead, he used Sprint like in the last game."
In Lin Yan's opinion, Victor was more compatible with Sprint.
Not only was it convenient for him to support, but it also made up for Victor's clumsiness in team battles.
He did not need to worry too much about Verus and Verus. The prophet Karma was going to buy the Crucible for the second item to help Lin Yan increase his tolerance for mistakes in team battles.
Lin Yan followed behind the minions and left the middle lane tower. He looked at the little junior from afar.
Scout, on the other hand, was applying what he had learned. He imitated Lin Ran's earlier strategy and walked forward, trying to lure Lin Ran into a blood swap.
Lin Yan naturally wanted to take advantage of the situation. He used his normal attack and QA to reduce Clockwork's HP.
He also took a QA from the little junior.
The junior who was walking at the front attracted the aggro of all six minions and retreated.
Lin Yan stood there motionless. He had no intention of moving forward.
Scout was not surprised.
He had expected Lin Yan would not chase after him.
After all, this was how the opponent arranged it. How could he be fooled?
He attracted the aggro of the six minions. Three of the ranged minions focused their attacks, while the three melee minions were limited by their attack range. They could only move two steps behind Clockwork.
As soon as the three minions moved, the minions were thrown into chaos.
Clockwork brought the three melee minions into his own minions. The three minions were besieged and killed by Clockwork in a short while.
After attracting the ranged minions' focus fire and getting rid of the melee minions, the minions were naturally moving in the direction of YM.
Lin Yan was finishing off his tail bit by bit. He looked harmless and only wanted to develop.
In fact, he was switching screens.
The minions on the top and bottom lanes arrived ten seconds later than the middle lane. At this time, the eight heroes had already appeared in the map's field of view.
Lin Yan, who was spending his mind on switching screens and observing the opponent's information, naturally didn't want to waste the little junior's energy.
Scout knew that his plan had succeeded. After cleaning up the minions, he moved to the top half of YM's jungle.
Lin Yan also followed two steps and saw the little junior poking into the YM Beaked Birds' bushes.
On the other side, the little junior saw the six birds obediently staying in the camp and hurriedly reminded the Factory Director. "He hasn't spawned F6 yet."
As soon as he heard F6, the Factory Director's eyes lit up.
He, who had just eaten the blue buff, immediately crossed the river and rushed to the YM Beaked Birds' camp.
Xiao Tian, who also had a blue buff, was still eating Magical Swamp Frogs and didn't know that his cute birds were about to be targeted.
On the commentary platform, Mille also saw the movements of the junglers on both sides. "Factory Director Level Two is going directly to Xiao Tian's F6 with Retribution. Xiao Tian has just finished eating Magical Swamp Frogs. It looks like he won't be able to make it!"
"He should have given up. If the Factory Director's farming goes smoothly, he will be two groups ahead of Xiao Tian …"
As soon as Doll finished speaking, Lin Yan, who had just leveled up to Level Two after killing the melee minions, fired a laser at the Beaked Birds' camp!
The audience gasped!
"What is this?"
Doll was shocked. "Victor's Blind Vision Death Ray stole four little Beaked Birds from the Factory Director!"
Mille also found it hard to believe. "Did Ran activate Sky Vision?"
When the bullet screen saw Victor reap the lives of the four little Beaked Birds through the wall with Death Ray, the bullet screen was filled with comments.
Lin Yan's maneuvering was too outrageous!
It didn't make sense from the perspective of the audience!
[Don't?
That's it. Little Tou isn't cheating!]
[Is it really X-ray vision?
Hero Alliance officials, aren't you going to check his computer?]
[Isn't this too fake?
This isn't a fluke. I'm going to eat sh * t upside down!]
When the Factory Director saw the four little Beaked Birds that he had painstakingly gathered being wiped out by Lin Yan's laser, his dead fish eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"He didn't set up his vision!" The junior blurted out. He was quite fluent in Mandarin after practice.
This sentence was mainly directed at Abu in the team's lounge.
Did you see that?
The opponent didn't set up his vision. The birds that the Factory Director wanted to eat were stolen. It has nothing to do with me!
Don't blame me!
"This …" Mille felt that it was difficult to explain Lin Yan's maneuvering using common sense. "I'm really curious how Ran guessed it?"
Lin Yan looked at the gold coins and experience points that popped up above his head. He couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh my god, how did you figure it out?"
Xiao Tian, who was farming while changing the screen according to the normal mindset of a professional jungler, naturally also noticed this message. He was a little surprised.
"It's very simple. It's just a basic maneuver." Lin Yan smiled calmly. He then marked the movement of the Factory Director. "He's probably preparing to farm the upper half of the River Crab."
The audience said that he was randomly attacking.
He wasn't randomly attacking. Naturally, he was well-trained and prepared.
He mainly relied on the capture and analysis of battlefield information.
Previously, he noticed that something was wrong when he changed the screen to look at the online situation. Ah Guang controlled Ke Lie to come online five seconds later than the spawn time — 1 minute and 48 seconds. That was 1 minute and 53 seconds before he came online.
Going online at night was very disadvantageous for Ke Lie and Princes in the upper half of the game.
This was because the value of a Warrior in the upper half of the game was too high. Whoever got the second kill first would have the advantage.
Then why did Ah Guang go online at night?
Lin Yan had a lot of time to think.
It was unrealistic to say that Ah Guang started to develop steadily from the first wave of spawn.
One had to know that Xiao Tian's Wine Barrel could only catch people at level three. Moreover, if the Factory Director was normally popular in the lower half of the game, Ah Guang wouldn't be afraid of Xiao Tian's gank.
This was because the Pig and Sister had also reached level three. If they were to fight in the upper half of the game, EDG was not inferior to YM at all. Ke Lie and Pig were slightly stronger than Princes and Wine Barrel.
Then the rest of the answer was obvious.
The Factory Director was a blue player, and it was very likely that he called Ah Guang to help with the upper half of the game. This was because the Pig was very weak at level one, and it was very difficult to maintain her condition without the help of her teammates.
Then why did the Factory Director want to go blue instead of finding someone who could better help him with the lower half of the game?
Lin Yan thought about how his junior had walked to the red zone in front of him, and then planted a fake eye next to the Beak Birds' camp.
The Factory Director must have some ulterior motives for F6.
In this case, Lin Yan calculated again.
In the current version, the first wave of spawn time was 1 minute and 38 seconds, and it took about 11 seconds to rush from the blue buff to the top lane spawn point.
He already knew that Ah Guang was online for 1 minute and 53 seconds.
In the remaining four seconds, Ah Guang was most likely helping with the upper half of the game. In this case, it would only take about 25 seconds for the Pig to finish farming the blue buff.
The Pig must have learned two of WE's skills in the first two levels. Without displacement, it would take 15 seconds for her to cross the river from the blue buff to the Beak Birds' camp on the other side.
Adding up the times, Lin Yan could estimate that the Factory Director would take about 2 minutes and 18 seconds for the Pig to reach F6 (1 minute 38 + 25 + 15 seconds).
Of course, this was only an approximate time, and it was also an uncertain guess — the Factory Director might not necessarily come to steal F6, and the time of arrival was also uncertain.
Although the Factory Director had a good grasp of the jungle, no one other than himself could be sure of the exact speed of farming — it was possible for him to accidentally pull the blue buff into the bushes and block his vision, and then angrily hand over the punishment.
But if the Factory Director did come to steal F6, this 2 minutes and 18 seconds was the most reasonable time.
Everything depended on Lin Yan's analysis and control of the battlefield information.
Even if he did not rely on the system, Lin Yan could also be a qualified team brain.
Lin Yan had just leveled up to Level 2, and he used the time to learn an E [Death Ray] and threw it inside.
If he could steal the Beak Birds, it would be a win. If he could not steal the birds, he would only lose 70 points of mana to cast the E skill, which Lin Yan could accept.
But the Factory Director could not accept it!
If the four birds were stolen, the value of the Factory Director farming this group of Beak Birds would be quite low — because his whereabouts would also be exposed.
This time, it was not a guess, but a confirmation.
At this time, Xiao Tian would definitely cross the river and dive into the lower half of EDG's jungle, and wipe out all three groups of monsters there.
In this way, EDG's sacrifice of the junior's status in exchange for the right to the middle lane, the eyes of the ornaments, and the suppression of the top lane were all gone in an instant.
The Factory Director thought for a moment and roughly knew what went wrong. Lin Yan had guessed it.
But the more he understood, the angrier he became.
If he did not think deeply, he would just think it was a coincidence; but when he thought about it carefully, the Factory Director realized that he had been crushed by his IQ.
This was not a good feeling!
Lin Yan, this old b * stard!
Being his opponent was simply a form of torture to him!
The Factory Director cursed as he rode the Polo Boar to continue farming YM's red buff.
Lin Yan's blind guess of the Factory Director's location was successful, and he even saved the eye of the ornaments after eating the four birds.
In fact, he could have inserted the eye of the ornaments through the wall just now to spy on whether the Factory Director appeared in F6.
But he did not do so.
Because the eye of the ornaments was of great use to him.
The junior had pushed the creeps very deep previously, and if Lin Yan continued to deal with it, another wave of creeps would be formed later.
At that time, he would have to leave the protection of the defense tower in the middle lane again.
In the last game, Lin Yan had been caught once because of the creeps. Even though Xiao Tian had accidentally come to protect him at the time.
However, it still gave Lin Ran a reminder.
He had to be wary of the Factory Director's gank that could appear at any time.
Therefore, Lin Yan planned to use the eye of the ornaments as cover for his creeps in front of him.
After seeing through the Factory Director's position, Lin Yan knew that Guijiao Qi must be in the upper half of the jungle.
Therefore, he used the creeps in front of him to leave the middle lane and insert the eye of the ornaments in the middle of his Beak Bird's camp and the river.
After returning to the middle lane, Lin Yan's positioning was also deliberately downwards, trying to be as far away from the area where the Factory Director might appear as possible.
Doll looked at the cautious Victor on the screen and could not help but praise him.
"Ran is very steady this game. His positioning and vision control are perfect!"
Mille added, "What are you talking about? Has Ran ever been unsteady?"
"That's true." Doll nodded in agreement. "Ran doesn't seem to have the time to fly. After being targeted twice, he started to grow and become rich."
Junior lost a lot of health due to Purposeful Blood Swap, and with the creeps pushing back, he could no longer trouble Lin Yan.
Lin Yan used E [Death Ray] to kill three low-health ranged creeps, and the number of gold coins in his backpack successfully broke through the 1,000 mark.
Lin Yan, who had just retreated back to the city, found that a conflict had broken out in the bottom lane. Jack and the prophet's hurried communication filled the team voice chat.
"Zet has taken another shot from Karma. Is Jack going to bring along a support to kill him?"
Doll's voice was slightly shrill due to her excitement. Jack activated W [Death Feather Coat] to increase his attack speed, and at the same time, his normal attack rubbed against Verus. The prophet also used Ignite.
"Meiko used Polymorph, but the one tanking the tower is the prophet. This Polymorph can only block Jack's damage for a while!"
Zet also gave up his healing and poured all his damage onto the prophet.
However, the prophet decisively used RW [Spirit Chain] on Verus to recover a lot of health. He then used E [Speed Boost] on Jack and let him rush into the tower.
Jack threw out a normal attack with feathers, and then used Q [Double Blade]!
The moment two feathers flew out of Dusk's fingers, Jack used E [Barb]!
Dusk's AQE combo allowed her to recall the remaining feathers on the ground before the two feathers landed on the ground!
Zet was unable to react in time and had no time to dodge. He was rooted to the ground. Jack then followed up with two more normal attacks, killing Verus instantly!
The prophet couldn't withstand the tower's damage and fell, but the kill was taken by Meiko.
"YM's bottom lane is the first to bloom!"
Mille turned to look at his partner. "Jack's proficiency with Dusk isn't low. Her combo is very smooth, and her damage calculation is on point!"
Although it was an internal battle, Doll's tone had a subtle hint of joy. Her commentary was still slightly biased towards YM.
"That's why I admire YM. The five of them have a professional attitude. They'll keep training new heroes that they're not familiar with. I watched the Korean server's OB a while ago. Prophet's Hammerstone and Sun Maiden's win rate isn't low."
"Big Head's son, you're good, aren't you?"
Lin Yan returned to the city to upgrade the Hex Technology Core. When he saw the first kill in the bottom lane, he quickly praised his teammates to show his presence.
Jack grinned, and the Shiba Inu laughed. "You flatter me, the prophet did well … This tower is very important!"
The second half of the sentence was directed at the support who had been silent all this time.
The prophet licked his lips that were slightly cracked due to the lack of water and chuckled.
"Factory Director also came to the top lane, but it's hard to kill Princes …"
Mille said as he watched Jin Gong use the cover of the grass to send the Pig Girl flying with an EQ. He didn't even need to flash.
Jin Gong cursed Factory Director in a low voice and returned to the city to buy equipment.
Although EDG's early rounds of confrontation were mostly small losses, it was much better than the previous round.
The economic gap was only 200 gold until the seventh minute.
Xiao Tian's first big move after reaching level 6 was to bomb the bottom lane of EDG. Factory Director counter-squatted and made a two-for-two trade.
The only thing was that YM's surviving player was Jack, while EDG's surviving player was Factory Director.
But this wasn't surprising.
Jack looked at Factory Director who was riding a pig and didn't even have the heart to kill him.
In the middle lane, Lin Yan took the opportunity to quickly push the lane, wanting to trade health with his junior.
But Scout followed Abu's teachings and didn't trade health with Lin Yan. He put a shield on himself and retreated to the bottom of the tower.
It was too stable.
Lin Yan felt that the opponent's style was completely different from the previous round.
A pro player like Scout would definitely be able to survive in a situation where their equipment was evenly matched.
Lin Yan could only give up the idea of a solo kill and try to suppress the opponent with a last hit.
The junior, who was suppressed under the tower, inevitably missed some troops in order to maintain his condition.
As a result, in ten minutes, Lin Yan increased the last hit to double digits.
The economic gap between the two sides was still fluctuating between 300-400 gold.
At this time, the creature that YM was most uncomfortable with in this version — the Canyon Vanguard was born.